By: Mario Presents
Have-nots founded America. They built the greatest nation on earth by turning tragedy into opportunity. Movies such as Hunger Games, Divergent, and Demolition Man illustrate how freedom can emerge from oppression. Stories of people overcoming adversity litter the history of The United States. The Navajo, Amish, Cherokee, women, nerds, and athletes have created communities outside of mainstream America to insulate their way of life, and now the unvaccinated are, just as courageously, doing the same. The unvaccinated can capitulate to mandates, or do the American thing and turn vaccination status into opportunity.
Openly sharing disagreement with mainstream paradigms and notions can result in the closure of bank accounts, denial of loans, and currency use. Local proprietors Rob and Linda of Butler’s Coffee needed to remove their money from Bank of America while on vacation when the bank chose to close their account for attending the January 6, 2020 march for Trump rally in Washington D.C. Similarly, the Royal Bank of Canada refused a loan to financially stable, debt free, and profitable business, Rebel News Corp., because the bank does not align politically with the media agency. Amid tensions with Ukraine; Visa, Mastercard, Paypal, and American Express suspended transactions in Russia forcing Vladimir Putin to push the U.S. Petrodollar aside for Russian currency.
As more and more corporations sequester from “radical right” or “conservatives,” new markets are emerging. Etsy is giving way to Lexxi and other marketplaces while media companies, like Daily Wire, have cut ties with unfriendly sponsors, such as Harry’s Razors. New commerce is insulating from “cancel culture” by creating revenue streams of their own.
The great shutdown of 2020 witnessed small businesses doing anything to survive, from moving hair salons outside to having patrons eating in the parking lot. County health officers issued violations pressuring new regulations and removal of health permits, which caused some businesses to close their doors temporarily and others to close forever. Defiant businesses invested in dark curtains, told clients to park away from the entrance, or only took reservations to keep employees paid. Owner, Angela Marsdsen of Pineapple Hill Saloon in Sherman Oaks, made headlines when she exposed the hypocrisy of her bar and grill being unable to serve patrons outside, per county health orders, while a movie company set up catering for their own workers in front of her restaurant.
Labor shortages plague the marketplace, meanwhile prices for goods and services rise across the country. The attitude of self-segregation percolates into daily life as some employers report prospective employees are refusing to work with unvaccinated staff or patrons as a condition of employment. To the contrary, staffing agencies like WorkSource, funded by the state of California, are requiring individuals to have received vaccinations to even be considered for job placement.
Separated societies quickly polarize when one group takes their talent to another playground and experience success. Free markets need freedom of choice, including the choice to stand apart. Health department grades boost a business’s status, but unless the establishment is in gross violation of public health standards such as unclean kitchens, tools, and water, the department should not be involved in day-to-day affairs.The Amish sell wares to the public without labor laws or OSHA standards. This separated society offers a talent and service to mainstream America in order to fund projects beyond the scope of their ability to be able to provide for themselves, as do the Navajo across the southwest.
Coalitions, non-profits, homeschool networks, churches, and similar groups are watching one another to learn who to shop with, where to donate, and when to leave the opposition to their own failures. Phone applications like PublicSq are connecting long standing, and new, merchants with people looking for supportive businesses. Similar to other food and service applications with a map function, PublicSq also offers a job board and contact information for public officials because people might find this information necessary in defense of liberty. There are two societies vying for America’s remaining wealth, but only one of them unequivocally supports freedom.
